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hagberry (17 points)
A small {cherry=n}
H·4+A·1+G·2+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
haploidy (17 points)
The state of being a haploid
H·4+A·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+Y·4 = 17 pts
harlotry (14 points)
Unchastity shown by Henry with fate sealed
Man collected fortune from the oldest profession
Love for sale, a great deal secured by prince
H·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
hatchery (19 points)
Where fish are bred
Char? They could be produced from this
Fish-breeding establishment
H·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
hatchway (22 points)
How to get chicken on board (wordplay)
Passage on a ship
Deck opening for access
H·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
headachy (20 points)
Afflicted with cephalagia
The yacht ad Times cut out given to splitters (wordplay)
H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 20 pts
headstay (15 points)
A support for a ship's foremast
H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1+T·1+A·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
heartily (14 points)
How they rail, really meaning it
One way to endorse something
Early hit played with enthusiasm
H·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
heatedly (15 points)
Angrily, being warm (wordplay)
Hot way to argue
In an excited manner.
H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
heathery (17 points)
Warm her over the Wye on the moor
Like many a purple-tinged moorland
H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
heavenly (17 points)
*Star or nebula
Glorious throw just missing leader
Out of this world
H·4+E·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
hecticly (18 points)
In a hectic manner
H·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
hegemony (17 points)
Dominance of one state over another
Leadership as by one country
Domination of one state over another
H·4+E·1+G·2+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
hegumeny (17 points)
The office of a hegumen
H·4+E·1+G·2+U·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
helicity (16 points)
A component of a particle's spin
H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
heraldry (15 points)
Harry led off with armorial research
Coat-of-arms study
Coats of arms system
H·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+D·2+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
hereaway (17 points)
In this vicinity
H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
heredity (15 points)
It's in the family
Eye color decider
It runs in the family
H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
hermitry (16 points)
The state of being a hermit
H·4+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
hexapody (24 points)
A line of verse with six feet
H·4+E·1+X·8+A·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 24 pts
hexarchy (26 points)
A group of six separate states
H·4+E·1+X·8+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 26 pts
hiddenly (16 points)
In a hidden manner
H·4+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
hideaway (18 points)
Retirement home (wordplay)
Private island, for example
Place where one won't be disturbed
H·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
hilarity (14 points)
Gaiety (and a legal term to cover it)
Mirth shown by girl receiving it
Mirth from lady drinking vermouth
H·4+I·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
hillocky (20 points)
{hilly=adj}
H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 20 pts
hoarsely (14 points)
How some football fans talk after a game
How some concertgoers talk after a show
How to talk after much shouting (wordplay)
H·4+O·1+A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
hogmanay (17 points)
New Year's Eve (Scots)
First-footing time
New Year's Eve in Glasgow
H·4+O·1+G·2+M·3+A·1+N·1+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
hogmenay (17 points)
""A Scottish celebration, also HOGMANAY, HOGMANE""
H·4+O·1+G·2+M·3+E·1+N·1+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
hokypoky (27 points)
Ice cream sold on the street
H·4+O·1+K·5+Y·4+P·3+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 27 pts
hollowly (17 points)
In a hollow manner
H·4+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
hologamy (17 points)
The state of having gametes like other cells
H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 17 pts
hologyny (18 points)
A trait transmitted only in the female line
H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4+N·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
homebody (19 points)
This little pig (wordplay)
This little pig?
One often indoors
H·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+B·3+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 19 pts
homestay (16 points)
The time during which a foreigner lives with a local family
H·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
homogamy (19 points)
Breeding of like with like
H·4+O·1+M·3+O·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 19 pts
homogeny (17 points)
Sameness
H·4+O·1+M·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
homogony (17 points)
The condition of having flowers with uniform stamens and pistils
H·4+O·1+M·3+O·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
homology (17 points)
Similarity in structure and origin
H·4+O·1+M·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 17 pts
homonymy (21 points)
Profit and "prophet" share it
H·4+O·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+Y·4+M·3+Y·4 = 21 pts
honestly (14 points)
I kid you not!
Working on the sly? Really!
Plant encircles lake? No kidding!
H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
honorary (14 points)
Unearned, like some law degrees
Conferred as a sign of esteem.
Type of degree
H·4+O·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
horology (15 points)
The art of designing and making clocks
Science of the measurement of time
The art of clock-making
H·4+O·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 15 pts
horribly (16 points)
In a horrible manner
H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
horridly (15 points)
In an odious manner
In a bad way with being in a lazy way at last
H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
horsefly (17 points)
Equine pest (wordplay)
Animal twofer (wordplay)
Might 2 down take off and bite you?( 8)
H·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
hostelry (14 points)
Inn (arch., joc.)
Holy rest (anagram)
In saying that, should have a drink
H·4+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
houseboy (16 points)
Certain young servant
Sort of servant
Charlie, to Mr. Magoo
H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+B·3+O·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
housefly (17 points)
Buzzer in the kitchen, maybe
Pest making call at bingo - cunning!
Indoor buzzer (wordplay)
H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
humanely (16 points)
Kindly person to see
Without ferocity
In a way that shows concern to alleviate suffering
H·4+U·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
humanity (16 points)
Kindness (of people in general)
Quality of our race (wordplay)
What Gandhi once likened to an ocean
H·4+U·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
humidify (20 points)
Moisturize, in a way
Increase closeness? Murmur 'I would, if end of day'
Moisten
H·4+U·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 20 pts
humidity (17 points)
It may be relative to a meteorologist
Summer forecast stat
No Dr. ought to be with this
H·4+U·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
humility (16 points)
Lack of false pride
Opposite of pride
Desirable quality for a leader
H·4+U·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
hummocky (24 points)
Abounding in hummocks
H·4+U·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 24 pts
hungrily (15 points)
With strong desire
H·4+U·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
huntedly (15 points)
In a hunted manner
H·4+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
hushedly (18 points)
In a suddenly quiet way
H·4+U·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
hydropsy (20 points)
{dropsy=n}
H·4+Y·4+D·2+R·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
hypogyny (23 points)
The condition of having flowers with organs below the ovary
H·4+Y·4+P·3+O·1+G·2+Y·4+N·1+Y·4 = 23 pts

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